A comparison of virus isolation, indirect immunofluorescence and nested multiplex polymerase chain reaction for the diagnosis of primary and recurrent herpes simplex type 1 and type 2 infections

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 83, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 75-82

  Coyle, P V ^a   Desai, A ^a   Wyatt, D ^a   McCaughey, C ^a   O'Neill, H J ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HSV typing; Microtitre cell suspension culture; Monoclonal antibodies; PCR Semi quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS ISOLATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECURRENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALIA; HERPES; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 1; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; MACACA MULATTA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0032704892     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-0934(99)00108-1     Document Type: Article

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